as in author
a person who creates a written work
a writer who is still trying to get published
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Recent Examples of writer
Bryan Hood Senior Staff Writer Bryan Hood is a digital staff writer at Robb Report.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 May 2025
This writer was one of the jurors who selected the nominees.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
Follow the writer of this newsletter on social media @jimreineking.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Scott drove the Vogue writer around Seattle in her minivan and talked about avoiding the limelight.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 May 2025
This writer was one of the jurors who selected the nominees.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 23 May 2025
Follow the writer of this newsletter on social media @jimreineking.
—Jim Reineking, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Scott drove the Vogue writer around Seattle in her minivan and talked about avoiding the limelight.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writer
Noun
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The author, Jaclyn, and her husband, Brian, used to live on a boat.—
Jaclyn Westlake,
CNBC,
24 May 2025
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The Roman author Pliny the Elder praised wines from the northeastern corner of modern-day Italy in 77 A.D., specifically those from the village of Puccino, which many historians consider the ancestral home of Prosecco.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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The novelists’ parents were Patrick and Maria Brontë, an Irish clergyman and a Cornish gentlewoman who married in 1812.—
Sonja Anderson,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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Indies held their own on super start-of-summer weekend as Jane Austen, the late 18th century British novelist and early feminist continued her box office run in Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
25 May 2025
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The Visionary Tribute is designed to recognize boundary-pushing work that will inspire the next generation of storytellers.—
Hilary Lewis,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2025
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The collaboration will also inform the development of new AI tools, ensuring that emerging technologies align with the needs of storytellers.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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To follow the Nakasendo is to walk in the footsteps of merchants and warriors, poets and pilgrims—and to write your own story into its centuries-old landscape.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
27 May 2025
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The restaurant opened its doors in 1939 and was a hot spot for Greek poets and creatives such as Odysseas Elytis, Nikos Gatsos and Manos Hatzidakis.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
24 May 2025
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“Writer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writer. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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